AS SOON AS YOU CAN so we can hopefully get your prizes sent before the Christmas rush.

We would have loved to be able to send out a prize to each and every one of our loyal participents, but due to total failure of Camelot to pick our numbers for yet another year ... YA BOO SUCKS ... our purse strings simply won't stretch to buying enough goodies for everyone. However, we hope you all know how much we appreciate all the wonderful creations you have shared with us during this year and also the really kind comments about how much you have enjoyed participating in our challenges. Thank you all so much.

So now to the 'not so good' news ...Creating and running Humbug Hall has been an absolute blast, but sadly it's badly in need of repair and regeneration. There is a huge crack in the heating boiler that even Pinflair glue cannot fix and the wind whistles through the chips in the window panes so loudly that it easily drowns out the Ghost of Christmas Past moaning in the corridors, not to mention the howls of the Humbug Hounds.

Alas, it's not only the Hall that needs an overhaul! We Humbuggers would benefit from a bit of renovation too! So after much soul searching we've both decided to close Humbug Hall for a while while we recharge our batteries, fill in the cracks and touch up the paintwork. We're undecided how long this will take ... it may be a few months or possibly even a whole year ... Who knows? But when all the repairs have been carried out, when the cleaners have spit and polished us back to a sparkling condition and when we're ready to unlock the doors again, we sincerely hope that you won't have forgotten all about Bah! Humbug! ... Humbug Hall and The Humbuggers.

All the challenges from the last 2 years, will remain available for you to revisit any time you may need a bit of inspiration, so feel free to browse at your leisure. We certainly intend to continue crafting and will be pootling out'n'about in blogland, maybe even joining in with other challenge groups, (including some of the Christmas ones listed in our sidebar), so no doubt we'll catch up with many of you here and there.In the meantime, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all again from the heart of our bottoms ... or is it the other way round? ... hmmmm ... no matter LOL ... and wish everyone

2010 Guest Designers

About our challenges...

Our challenges are open to all crafters, all we would ask is that you submit a new piece of work each time you enter a project. We don't mind how many times you enter or if you combine our challenges with others. All we ask of you is to HAVE FUN to build up your stock of Christmas cards.Sorry but we are not accepting email entries at the moment.

On the first challenge of each month there will be a small Christmas themed prize. The winner will be chosen at random and announced at the start of the next challenge. Winners must contact us with their details within 4 days for us to send their prize.Our contact email address is...

bahbahhumbug@yahoo.co.ukIn addition to the monthly prize we also have a...

LOYALTY SCHEMERegular entrants to our challenges will automatically be include in our Loyalty Scheme. We keep a record of entries to our challenges and anyone who enters 30 or more challenges during the year, will be eligible to have their name put in our Santa Hat for a rather special Christmas Prize Draw to be held at the beginning of December.

Also, along the way we may be sending out little surprises to regular entrants on a random basis - you just never know what may arrive in your letter box ... nor indeed when!